Mop-wringer



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J. A. HIGGINS.

MOP WRINGER- No. 577,030.. Patented Feb. 16, 1897. v

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J. A. HIGGINS.

MOP WEINGER.

No. 577,030. Patented Feb. 16, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. HIGGINS, OF MANISTEE, MICHIGAN.

MOP-WRINGER.

' SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 577,030, datedFebruary 16, 1897.

Application filed August '12, 1396. Serial No. 602,516. (No model.)

To o whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. HIGGINS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Manistee, in the county of Manistee and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Vri ngers and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in mop-wringers; and theobject is to provide an improved mechanism of the kind mentioned and forthe purpose intended which is simple in construction and efficient inoperation.

I have fully and clearly illustrated the invention in the accompanyingdrawings,wl-1ere- 1n- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the completedevice. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through the device. Fig. 3is a detail of the supporting-frame. Fig. 4 is a front view inelevation. Fig. 5 is a detail of the chuteplate and partition removedfrom the pail. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective of the mop-plate removedfrom the machine.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a pail or vessel made ofsubstantial sheet metal and preferably angular in contour, substantiallyas shown in the drawings. On the bottom of the pail is formed or secureda flange 1, to which is attached a foot-piece 2, to which the foot ofthe operator is applied tohold the pail steady and against movement whenrun ning the mop through the rollers.

3 3 designate supports made of iron rods or bars having their lower endssuitably secured to the pail atthe corners and their upper ends broughttogether, as shown, and united by a flat cross-bar 4, of iron, in whichare made two or more holes 4 adapted to receive fastening-bolts 5, whichclamp and hold the mop-piece to the cross-bar, as hereinafter which lieson the upper face of the cross-bar 4 of the supporting-frame and isfirmly secured thereto by. threaded bolts and nuts 8. The mop-plate isarranged at an incline, and the side flanges are extended, as shown at 99, beyond the bottom edge of the floor of the mop-plate and are disposedbetween the journals of the rollers, thev extensions constituting guideswhich prevent the mop from being run off the ends of the rollers. In theupper and lower edges of the extensions 9 9 are formedoppositely-arranged notches or reces'ses a co, in which the journals ofthe rollers engage.

O O are the wringing-rollers, of the usual character and make, journaledin the ends of oppositely-arranged U -shaped springs 10 10 the lowerlimbs of the springs being secured to the ends of the cross-bar4, asindicated in the drawings. On the extended journals of the rollers aremounted intermeshing pinions 11 11 and on one of the journals is fixed acrank 12, by which the rollers are turned.

D designates a chute down which the ex pressed water escapes. This chuteconsists of a metal plate formed with side flanges 13 13 and a flange 14at its upper end, which flange sits across the under side of theextensions 9 9 of the mop-plate and is secured thereto by any propermeans or cementation, a space being thus formed between the bot tom edgeof the mop-plate and the edge of the flange 14, in which space the bodyof the lower roller is disposed, substantially as shown. The upper partof the chute-plate D is inclined reversely to the incline of themopplate. The chute-plate D is extended down into the pail, as at 15,the part 15 being inclined reversely to the part extending above thebucket, and fits with its edges against the opposite inner faces of thepail, constituting a partition, the sides and bottom of the plate 15being cemented to the walls and bottom of the pail and dividing the pailinto two compartments, one of which contains the clean water and theother constituting a receptacle into which the dirty water runs when themop is wrung out.

To the ends of the cross-bar 4 is suitably connected a bail 16, by whichthe device maybe carried or moved from place to place.

The operation of the device is as follows:

' dipped therein and used on the floor in a Wellknown manner, and whenused until it is neeessary to deprive it of the dirty water the mop isplaced on the inclined mop-plate, and the crank is turned to rotate thewringing-rollers until the mop is drawn through as far as necessary,which operation presses the water out of the mop, the expressed waterrunning down the incline D into the rear space or compartment, and whenthe mop is run through as far as required the rollers are reversed andthe mop carried out of the rollers ready for a new supply of cleanwater. It will be perceived that the operation has been accomplishedwithout touching the mop with the hands.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A mop-wring'er, comprising a pail, a frame mounted on the pail, aninclined mopplate having side flanges extending beyond the lower end ofthe plate, suitably-journ aled wringing-rollers having the extensions ofthe mop-plate arranged between their journals, means to rotate therollers, a chute D, re-

versely inclined to the mop-plate, formed with side flanges, and havingits upper end secured to the extensions of the mop-plate, and a plateextending from the lower end of the plate D into the pail and forming apartition divid in g the pail into two compartments.

2. A mop-wringer, comprising a pail, reotangular in cross-section, asupporting-frame composed of bars having their lower ends socured in thecorners of the pail and their upper ends united, a cross-bar uniting theopposite frames, an inclined mop-plate formed with side flanges,extended beyond the lower end of the plate, a reversely-inclined chuteD, having its upper end secured to the extensions of the mop-plate, andformed with an extension reaching into the pail and dividing it into twocompartments, wringing-rollers journaled in the opening at the foot ofmopplate, intermeshing gears on the journals of said rollers, and acrank to rotate the rollers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOI-IN- A. HIGGINS.

WVitnesses:

WILLIAM NUEYESSER, T. N. REYNOLDS.

